Chapter 575: Attack
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
When the night deepened and everyone fell asleep, Xiao Juan changed into his black night clothes and prepared to go out.
Yu Niaoniao instructed softly, “Be careful on the way. If you really can’t find any clues, forget it. Safety is the most important.”
Xiao Juan looked at the worry in her eyes and lowered his head slightly to kiss her forehead.
“Wait for me to come back.”
Yu Niaoniao watched him leave. When he was gone and could no longer be seen, she returned to the bedroom and closed the door.
The oil lamp on the table was still burning quietly.
She sat down by the bed. Logically speaking, she should be asleep at this time, but she was still worried about Xiao Juan and was not in the mood to sleep at all.
Until there was a Imock on the door and the voice of the inn clerk came through it.
“Sir, are you asleep?”
Only then did Yu Niaoniao come back to her senses. She hurriedly said, “Not yet. Why?”
The clerk said, “Nothing. I saw that the oil lamp in your room was still lit. I was afraid that you would forget to turn it out before you went to bed. Not long ago, a guest fell asleep without turning it out and almost caused a fire. For safety’s sake, don’t forget to turn it out before you go to bed.”
Yu Niaoniao said, “I understand.”
She stood up and walked to the boat. She bent down and blew out the oil lamp.
The room immediately fell into darkness.
The footsteps outside the door faded. The clerk must have walked away.
Yu Niaoniao fumbled back to the bed.
She lifted the blanket and lay on the bed. Her eyes closed, but she still couldn’t fall asleep.
She opened her eyes and planned to get up and go out for some air, but at this moment, she saw a shadow flash past the window.
Shocked, she immediately sat up and took the crossbow out from under her pillow.
She aimed the crossbow at the window and snapped.
“Who’s out there?”
He waited for a moment, but there was no reaction.
Only the shadows of trees swaying in the wind could be seen through the window paper. There was no figure.
Yu Niaoniao could not help but wonder if she was mistaken just now.
But to be on the safe side, she decided to look for Ling Hai and Lo Pingsha next door.
She tied the crossbow to her forearm and got out of bed in the dark.
In an instant, Yu Niaoniao felt her scalp tingle and alarm bells rang in her heart.
Her strong survival instinct made her throw herself forward and fall to the ground.
She turned her head and looked back. When she saw the arrow whose tail was still trembling slightly, intense fear welled up in her heart, almost freezing the blood in her body.
If she hadn’t bent down just now, she would have been pierced by that arrow.
She had almost died.
Yu Niaoniao did not dare to make a sound. Her body was tightly pressed to the ground as she crawled towards the door.
Right on the heels of that, several more arrows pierced through the window.
However, because there were no lights on in the room, it was dark. No one outside could see what was happening in the room. They could only shoot arrows in the direction of the bed according to their understanding of this inn.
More arrows appeared on the bed.
Yu Niaoniao did not dare to look back. She crawled to the door on all fours.
She raised her upper body slightly and straightened her arms to reach the wooden bolt behind the door.
During this time, a few more arrows shot in.
It was unknown if it was a coincidence, but one of the arrows actually shot in the direction of the door.
Fortunately, Yu Niaoniao reacted quickly and retracted her hand in time.
She looked up and saw the arrow nailed right above her.
If she had reacted a little slower just now, her arm would have been crippled.
Yu Niaoniao was so frightened that her heart was pounding.
This house was too dangerous. She couldn’t stay any longer.
She took off one of her shoes and threw it in the direction of the screen.
The shoe hit the screen door with a snap.
When the killers outside the house heard the commotion, several arrows immediately pierced the window and shot in the direction of the screen.
At the same time, Yu Niaoniao suddenly stood up and pulled open the wooden bolt as quickly as possible. She pulled open the door and rushed out. Then, she bent down and squatted. She rolled on the ground behind the left wall.
A series of movements flowed like water, so fast that they almost left afterimages.
At this point, she couldn’t be bothered about techniques. Her desire to live outweighed stylistics.
When she opened the door just now, it creaked. The killers outside heard the sound and knew that the people in the room had fled.
They didn’t shoot again. Instead, they broke through the window and barged into the guest room, preparing to use force.
When Yu Niaoniao heard the window break, she hurriedly got up and ran towards the guest room next door. At the same time, she shouted.
“Help! Murder!”
Ling Hai and Lo Pingsha, who lived next door, were the first to rush out. They were shocked to see that Yu Niaoniao was not even wearing a coat and had a bare foot on the ground.
“Princess Consort, what happened?”
Yu Niaoniao said quickly, “There are assassins. They’re catching up. Run!”
Lo Pingsha and Ling Hai looked behind her and saw indeed assassins in black. There were at least a dozen of them, and each of them was holding a weapon.
At this moment, Xiao Juan was not around. Yu Niaoniao did not know martial arts, and Ling Hai only knew a few simple moves. The only combat strength was Lo Pingsha.
He immediately drew his saber and took a step forward, protecting Yu Niaoniao and Ling Hai behind him and whispered.
“Leave quickly. I’ll cover the retreat.”
However, Yu Niaoniao said, “Why should we leave? We don’t know if there are any accomplices lying in ambush outside. If there are, it’s equivalent to a sheep entering the tiger’s den if we run out.”
Lo Pingsha thought about it and agreed, so he did not mention letting them leave on their own anymore.
The three of them retreated together.
Yu Niaoniao continued to shout.
“Help! Someone’s going to kill. Is anyone going to care?!”
The doors of a few guest rooms were opened. The guests in the room stuck their heads out. When they saw a group of fierce killers with weapons, they were immediately frightened out of their wits. They hurriedly shrank back into the rooms and locked the door from the inside.
In the end, no one helped them even after Yu Niaoniao shouted her lungs out.
Yu Niaoniao was speechless.
The world was cold, and the hearts of people were not ancient!
There was not even a brave man willing to do anything.
Forget it. One couldn’t rely on others.
They should escape quickly!
Lo Pingsha held a saber to deal with the killers who pounced on him. Yu Niaoniao and Ling Hai hid behind him and looked for an opportunity to finish him off.
The three of them fought and retreated.
Soon they were out of the long corridor and in the backyard.
They sped up and ran forward. However, when they passed by the woodshed, they suddenly saw the door of the woodshed being pushed open. Immediately after, a hand reached out from inside, grabbed Yu Niaoniao’s arm, and dragged her into the woodshed.
Lo Pingsha and Ling Hai were afraid that the Princess Consort would be in danger, so they hurriedly chased after her.
As soon as the three of them entered, the door to the woodshed was closed.
The killers who followed closely behind realized that they were gone. Naturally, they were indignant and began to search the backyard.
In the woodshed, Yu Niaoniao then saw the person who pulled her in through the window.. It was actually the clerk of this inn!
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